May Day in Various Countries

Various May Days Around the World

A person holds a windmill as people watch the sun rise as they join in a Beltane dawn celebration service in front of St. Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor, May 1, 2013 in Glastonbury, England. Although more synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labor Day, May Day is celebrated by some as the beginning of summer and the chance to celebrate the coming of the season of warmth and light.

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Various May Days Around the World

A person holds a windmill as people watch the sun rise as they join in a Beltane dawn celebration service in front of St. Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor, May 1, 2013 in Glastonbury, England. Although more synonymous with International Workers' Day, or Labor Day, May Day is celebrated by some as the beginning of summer and the chance to celebrate the coming of the season of warmth and light.

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Various May Days Around the World

Members of the Cam Valley Morris Men dance at a May Day dawn celebration in front of St. Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor, May 1, 2013 in Glastonbury, England.

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Various May Days Around the World

People watch the sun rise as they join in a Beltane dawn celebration service in front of St. Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor, May 1, 2013 in Glastonbury, England.

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Various May Days Around the World

A woman dances during an International Workers Day rally in Harare, Zimbabwe, May 1, 2013.

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Various May Days Around the World

Gay rights activists march during a May Day rally in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 1, 2013. The poster reads, 'We demand the abolition of the homophobic law!'.

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Various May Days Around the World

Communists carry a giant globe during a May Day march in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 1, 2013.

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Various May Days Around the World

Workers march in Madrid, Spain, May 1, 2013. Spaniards enraged by austerity, recession and sky-high unemployment are marching in some 80 cities in trade union-organized Labor Day rallies with large protests in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao. Spain's jobless rate is a record 27.2 percent, and 57 percent for those aged under 25.

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Various May Days Around the World

Protesters shout slogans during a May Day rally, May 1, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Thousands of workers paraded through central Dhaka on May Day to demand safer working conditions and the death penalty for the owner of a building housing garment factories that collapsed last week in the country's worst industrial disaster, killing at least 402 people and injuring 2,500.

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Various May Days Around the World

Protesters are shown in the Plaza de Cibeles during a march in Madrid, Spain, May 1, 2013. Spaniards enraged by austerity, recession and sky-high unemployment are marching in some 80 cities in trade union-organized Labor Day rallies with large protests in Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao.

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Various May Days Around the World

Protesters, mostly workers, dance around the burning effigies of U.S. President Barack Obama and Philippine President Benigno Aquino III during a rally near the Presidential Palace to mark May Day, May 1, 2013, in Manila, Philippines.

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Various May Days Around the World

Supporters of France's far-right National Front Marine Le Pen wave flags during the traditional May Day march in Paris, May 1, 2013.